Collider ranks all seven Hayao Miyazaki films released in the 20th century, from 1979 to 1999, arguing that even his "worst" work remains strong given his unmatched consistency as a director. The list runs from good to great, acknowledging upfront that none of Miyazaki's films are genuinely bad, which makes ranking them a difficult and somewhat subjective exercise.

The article places My Neighbor Totoro at the bottom of the ranking, criticising it as slow and lacking a clear point compared with Miyazaki's other work, while still calling it "quite good". Porco Rosso and Kiki's Delivery Service rank above it, praised for their charm, animation and music despite thin plots, and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is noted as the closest of Miyazaki's two pre-Studio Ghibli films to feeling like an official Ghibli production.